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Waskish, Minnesota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Waskish Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56685. The Survey maps it on the Waskish quadrangle. It stands 1,181 feet above sea level.

Waskish within Beltrami County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Waskish between 1992 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
30 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 July 1994Debris and open burning7.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 June 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 June 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 May 2004Debris and open burning15 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beltrami County

Storms near this place

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waskish in 39 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 23 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014FloodWaskish$20,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindWaskish$10,000Numerous large trees were blown over.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWaskish$5,000Several 2 to 3 inch diameter branches were blown down along with one 10 inch diameter apple tree.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWaskish$2,000Multiple trees approximately 10 to 20 inches in diameter were uprooted or snapped. An old trailer was also damaged. An empty 450 gallon water tank was thrown about 100 yards over two fences and into a ditch. Crops were also damaged in the same area.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWaskish$2,000Trees were blown down by the strong wind.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindWaskish$1,000Trees were blown down onto highway 72.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWaskish$500A large tree was blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWaskish$100Tree limbs were blown down.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWaskish-Several large pine and poplar trees were snapped or uprooted along Highway 72, near Waskish. Time estimated based on radar and the power outage at the Waskish Airport weather station.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWaskish-Several trees were blown down across Highway 72 near mile marker 42 and Shoreline Drive. Trees were large enough to block both lanes of traffic. MNDOT called out to clear trees. Time estimated based on radar. Report relayed via social media.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWaskish-Large trees were blown down in the Big Bog State Park. The DNR was called in to help cut trees to assist trapped campers.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindWaskish-A few large tree branches were blown down, causing localized power outages.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWaskish-A camper-trailer was blown over and large tree branches were blown down at a campsite along the northeast edge of Upper Red Lake.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWaskish-A few trees were blown down along highway 72 near the Red Lake Wildlife Management Area.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWaskish-Numerous poplar trees were snapped or toppled along highway 72 and through the Red Lake Wildlife Management Area.
June 2016HailWaskish-Heavy rain and hail fell along the Upper Red Lake shoreline. Some stones were a bit larger than a quarter.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWaskish-A small maple tree was uprooted and other limbs were blown off trees.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWaskish-Several dead trees were blown down over a road. Very heavy rainfall was also reported.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWaskish-Ten inch diameter trees were knocked down by the strong wind.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWaskish-Large trees up to 8 inches in diameter were blown down across a driveway. A nearby corn crop was also flattened. The Waskish AWOS was knocked off-line due to a power outage, so its wind statistics were unavailable.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWaskish-A dozen trees, about 10 to 12 inches in diameter, were blown down east of Waskish.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWaskish-A roof was partially torn off an outbuilding.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWaskish-Powerlines and trees were blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWaskish-Powerlines were blown down in downtown Waskish.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWaskish-8 to 10 inch diameter poplar trees were blown down.
June 2005HailWaskish-Dime to nickle sized hail was reported.
June 2016HailWaskish-no account filed
June 2016HailWaskish-no account filed
August 2007HailWaskish-no account filed
October 2007HailWaskish-no account filed
September 2007HailWaskish-no account filed
June 2006HailWaskish-no account filed
May 2006HailWaskish-no account filed
June 2005HailWaskish-no account filed
November 2003HailWaskish-no account filed
July 2002HailWaskish-no account filed
July 2002HailWaskish-no account filed
August 2002HailWaskish-no account filed
August 1999HailWaskish-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Beltrami County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Domaas3.7 miles7
Otto7.1 miles7
Shotley10.3 miles7
Kelliher15.5 miles10
Saum15.6 miles9
Shooks20.2 miles10
Inez21.1 miles9
Quiring21.7 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on WaskishAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7972684The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 653828. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.